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Twenty-six-year-old elementary school teacher Breaion King was pulled over for driving 15mph over the speed limit in Austin, Texas, NBC News reports. Moments later, she was being pulled from her car by officer Bryan Richter and thrown to the ground—twice. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the incident happened in June 2015, but video of it didn't surface until this week. King had gotten out of her car during the stop, but Richter told her to get back in and close the door. Seconds later, King was being violently arrested. In his report, Richter said King had an "uncooperative attitude" and may have been reaching for a weapon. But King tells KVUE she was in fear for her life. “I didn't know what was going to happen," she says. "I literally didn't understand what was happening."

But that wasn't the end of King's ordeal. On the way to jail, another white officer, Patrick Spradlin, told King, who is black, that police are nervous around black people because of their "violent tendencies." Spradlin said black people can be "very intimidating" in their "appearance" and he doesn't blame white people for being afraid of them. Police chief Art Acevedo apologized to King on Thursday. He says he is "highly disturbed and disappointed" by her treatment and called Spradlin's comments racist. An investigation has been launched into the incident, but because it has been more than six months since it happened, Spradlin and Richter can only be punished with a written reprimand. King had been charged with resisting arrest, but those charges were later dropped.

Yes she was outside the car. That's because she was outside it when he approached her. She's was probably pissed she was getting a ticket and didn't see the point in getting her vehicle just to get out again. She was like hurry up. Was that irresponsible on her part, yes. Rude, yes. Either way, that does not justify the way this cop handled her. If a cop is so terrified of black people that he has to force them into a vehicle to grip a steering wheel or be cuffed to check an ID, he needs to turn in his badge. Also if he can't tell the difference between rude behavior and violent behavior, he also needs to turn in his badge. If a cop associates mouthy black people with violent black people, again he needs to turn in his badge. I think King was rude, not violent. Rudeness and violent are two very different things. According to numerous articles, she gave the cop her ID and he wanted to handcuff her while he went to his car to check her ID. She naturally refused and the cop told her she was under arrest. I believe she resisted because she didn't understand why she was under arrest. Frankly I don't either. She's under arrest because she refused to be handcuffed while she WASN'T under arrest? That's ridiculous. He then whips her out of the car and tosses her around. This cop assaulted this woman and used excessive force against her. I'm surprised how many people are claiming this woman deserved to be tossed around and thrown to the pavement by this huge man. Yes he is a cop. He was also very very WRONG! Her rudeness also does not justify the way they treated her in handcuffs. He picked her up by her wrist and left her dangling in the air. He could have dislocated her shoulders. Then they walk her to the squad car with her hands over her head and she's cuffed. They really hurt this woman! The entire time she's screaming "Why are you treating me like this?" It was really hard to watch. It makes me wonder where in the hell the compassion and common sense in this world has gone. Then for these cops to say white people are afraid of black people due to violent tendencies its clear who they are interested in protecting and serving and it isn't black people. These cops should be fired and she should sue period.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Jul 25, 2016 7:49 AM CDT

My parents told my sisters and me that when interacting with police you do only what they tell you to do and do so respectfully. We were told this is because cops have very dangerous jobs, people do try to kill them, they are human, armed and make errors in judgement that can be fatal. James Clyburn, my representative, just stated that he told his grandson that when interacting with police he must surrender his manhood if he wanted to survive because he was black. Anyone see the difference here? My white sisters and I were told that cops are in dangerous jobs and make errors in judgement, he told his grandson cops are killing people just because they're black. We were told to be respectful and obedient, he told his grandson that being respectful and obedient equated to surrendering his manhood.

Sharon

Jul 25, 2016 7:28 AM CDT

Who doesn't know the first thing to do a traffic stop is to remain in the vehicle and roll window down? She was challenging the officers request to get back in the vehicle. she said "I was going to go in". Why? He said put your feet in the car so the door can be shut and instead of doing that she says hurry up,please? She went about this all wrong. She was resisting. I don't agree with the transporting officers comments but this would never happen if being pulled pulled over by police, remain in the car with hands visible. Simple!